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Firefox crashes

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Firefox crashes on startup after update from version 33.1.1 to any subsequent version update since . Error reporter opens when it crashes. Crash happens in safe mode too, and also after Firefox refresh. Uninstalled and reinstalled from scratch, still happens.

Suspect app/program data folder issue, or potentially registry, but don't know where to start. Help? :)

Firefox crashes on startup after update from version 33.1.1 to any subsequent version update since . Error reporter opens when it crashes. Crash happens in safe mode too, and also after Firefox refresh. Uninstalled and reinstalled from scratch, still happens. Suspect app/program data folder issue, or potentially registry, but don't know where to start. Help? :)

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Crash reporter info:

Accessibility: Active AdapterDeviceID: 0x0405 AdapterDriverVersion: 7.14.1.1235 AdapterSubsysID: 040515ad AdapterVendorID: 0x15ad Add-ons: %7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D:42.0 AvailablePageFile: 1891581952 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 685903872 AvailableVirtualMemory: 3929890816 BIOS_Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies LTD BlockedDllList: BreakpadReserveAddress: 53149696 BreakpadReserveSize: 67108864 BuildID: 20151029151421 CrashTime: 1448969091 EMCheckCompatibility: true Email: EventLoopNestingLevel: 1 FramePoisonBase: 00000000f0de0000 FramePoisonSize: 65536 InstallTime: 1448967715 Notes: AdapterVendorID: 0x15ad, AdapterDeviceID: 0x0405, AdapterSubsysID: 040515ad, AdapterDriverVersion: 7.14.1.1235

ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 783 StartupTime: 1448969089 SystemMemoryUsePercentage: 84 TelemetryEnvironment: {"build":{"applicationId":"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","applicationName":"Firefox","architecture":"x86","buildId":"20151029151421","version":"42.0","vendor":"Mozilla","platformVersion":"42.0","xpcomAbi":"x86-msvc","hotfixVersion":null},"partner":{"distributionId":null,"distributionVersion":null,"partnerId":null,"distributor":null,"distributorChannel":null,"partnerNames":[]},"system":{"memoryMB":4096,"isWow64":true,"cpu":{"count":2,"vendor":null,"family":null,"model":null,"stepping":null,"extensions":["hasMMX","hasSSE","hasSSE2","hasSSE3","hasSSSE3","hasSSE4_1","hasSSE4_2"]},"os":{"name":"Windows_NT","version":"6.1","servicePackMajor":1,"servicePackMinor":0,"installYear":2013,"locale":"en-GB"},"hdd":{"profile":{"model":"VMware Virtual 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MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] : 2 : 2 :  
MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] : 2 : 3 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6] : 2 : 1 :  
MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IPv6] : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IPv6] : 2 : 3 :  
RSVP TCPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
RSVP TCP Service Provider : 2 : 1 :  
RSVP UDPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
RSVP UDP Service Provider : 2 : 2 :  
VMCI sockets DGRAM : 0 : 2 : %windir%\system32\vsocklib.dll 
VMCI sockets STREAM : 0 : 1 : 

useragent_locale: en-GB

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